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Virginia Website Links:
VA Child Care Resource & Referral Network
VA Early Childhood Foundation & Smart Beginnings
VA Department of Social Services (VDSS)
NEW VDSS Spring Training Catalog - Professional Development for Child Care Professionals
VDSS Child Care Provider Scholarship Program (click on Programs, then Scholarship Program)
VDSS Infant and Toddler Endorsement program (click on Courses, then Fall 2011 Catalog-Endorsement)
VDSS distance learning program entitled "The Program for Infant/Toddler Caregivers" (click on Course, then Fall 2011 Catalog-Distance Learning)
"READ-A-BOOK" program (click on Programs, then READ-A-BOOK Program)
VA Professional Development Registry (click on Courses, then Fall 2011 Catalog-Endorsement)
VA Early Childhood and Child Care Professional Development Career Lattice (click on Guidance & Resources, then Career Lattice)
The Director's Toolbox (click on Publications, then Director's Toolbox)
Family Child Care Toolkit (click on Star Quality Initiative, then For Early Childhood Profesesionals)

National Website Links:
NEW Diapering Poster This poster is based on Caring for Our Children, 3rd Edition, a publication of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American Public Health Association, and the NRC for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education; created by CCA Global with guidance from the Pennsylvania Chapter of the AAP
NEW Healthy Beginnings: Supporting Development and Learning from Birth through Three Years of Age from the Maryland State Department of Education and Johns Hopkins University
NEW Let's Move! Child Care State Challenge
National Association for the Education of Young Children
AAP's Health Child Care America
Dr. Barry Brazelton's TouchpointsTM in Early Child Care and Education Initiative
The Program for Infant/Toddler Care
Parents as Teachers National Center
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
Healthy Child Care Consultant Network Support Center
National Association for Family Child Care
National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education
Keeping Babies Safe
Crib Information Center
CELLcasts, Center for Early Literacy Learning

 

 

Audio conference handouts:

March 20, 2012

"Providing Family Child Care for Infants and Toddlers"

Quality Infant and Toddler Child Care Matters

The Science and Psychology of Infant-Toddler Care

A Child Care Provider's Guide to Safe Sleep

A Parents' Guide to Safe Sleep

Checklist for Household Member Record

Notes Page for Audio Conference

Family Child Care Toolkit
December 7, 2011
"Sensory Integration Needs of Infants and Toddlers"
   
May 3, 2011
"Developmental Red Flags"
   
March 9, 2011
"Exploring Nature with Infants and Toddlers"
   
December 9, 2010
"Interactive Activities and Art for Infants and Toddlers"
   
September 15, 2010
"Nutrition and Healthy Eating for Infants and Toddlers"
   
June 2, 2010 
"Keeping Infants and Toddlers  Safe and Fit in the Summer"
   
December 9, 2009 
"Sudden Infant Death Syndrome"

Celebrating Babies and Tots 2011 Institute presentations:11CBT
Seminars:
Workshops:

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 Keynote presentation:
Still Face Experiment (embedded video)
Workshop presentations: (pdf format)
 

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